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Underground house video

Have a look round the new underground houses built in what was the boiler house of the Metropole hotel. Bit of a video look round, courtesty of www.kentonline.co.uk. Prices around 300k each, but you can look for free!...

Saw a GREAT house at the weekend

But boo, it was too small! I've decided this is my ideal location in Canterbury though, just off Old Dover Road, everything just looks nice. This was actually on between Old Dover Road and New Dover Road. This house is under budget, three bedrooms, n...

Not thought to look on ebay for a house before

Here's one near us. Via FG, where there are more details. Kind of via there anyway, obviously I wrote that and I wrote this. It's not our house though, just to clear up any confusion...Only 15 minutes left to bid, so I guess no-one will after followi...

House for sale on Ebay

Is this usual? A house for sale on ebay, in Capel-le-Ferne?�152,500 opening offer, no bids so far. Most interestingly (apart from the P&P details saying "local pickup") isWE ARE WALKING AWAY AND LEAVING ALL FURNISHINGS AND FIXINGS WHICH ARE INCLUDED ...

Titanic property investment and an all vegan NHS

Couple of interesting stories in the Guardian podcast today, first a seemingly obviously ill-fated property development in the Harland and Wolff shipyard, they're callling it the Titanic quarter. 1000 luxury private flats, 16000 students, a hotel (on...

Good day's house hunting

Saw the one I mentioned the other day, and it was not what I expected. The pictures don't do it justice, or I was a bit pessimistic when I was looking at the details, it's huge! And it has a ridiculous amount of character, it's all beams and half sta...

Ooh dicky tum today

There I was earlier this week bragging about how I never ever get ill, and I am possibly super human and almost certainly immortal, and here I am today suffering with a bit of a stomach bug :-( Clare had it earlier this week, and now she's passed it ...

Back on the house train

As just mentioned, we've kickstarted our house hunt again, starting with three viewings yesterday. We've reduced our budget which I think is reasonable, basically knocking 20% off the top price of places we're looking at, because of house the market ...

Rents not so soaring

Well, I'm sure they're still rising, but the flat upstairs has possibly not been let yet, I think the sign must have just blown down. It's back again today.Man, hella busy at work still, but it's good. I'm trying to clear a backlog of outstanding tas...

Rents SOARING!

Saw a feature on BBC Breakfast this morning about how that blame-for-everything credit crunch is leading to a rise in rental values - people who can't afford to buy have to rent, and there's still a limited number of properties available, so rents wi...

Yep, I could do with some clear signs

I think things are actually falling right now, but I want a nice blatant signpost saying "they have stopped falling, now is the time to buy"...

Yesterday's house hunt

A trip to Canterbury yesterday, an early start, four houses to see. First one was a bit further out than we first thought, up Whitstable Road, though not an insurmountable distance to Canterbury West. The house is at the end of a cul-de-sac, so you h...

House hunt

Two houses today in Canterbury, different parts of town, but with things in common. For starters, both too expensive really at 250k each. If the market really is tumbling we might be able to make a cheeky offer on just about anything we see now thoug...

We nearly bought one of these

and perhaps should have done, half price Bergerac Oak TV stand. If you can collect from Glossop. Not worth organising a courier for really.Been a while since I posted any furniture bargains. Will be a while again before we buy anything I suspect. All...

The Long Blondes at the Amersham Arms

Just reading this post about a gig in New Cross (from one of my regular reads) makes me think I should go back and visit one day. I wish I'd bought a flat there when I was renting - I had more money those days, and I ended up paying more for this fla...

Boo, pissed off

Just had our viewing of the house we were going to see tomorrow cancelled, the vendors have received a full asking price offer yesterday. We hadn't seen this house yet (apart from online), it was right on the street with no real garden to speak of, a...

Another house hunting trip to Canterbury

Saw three places today, first one before lunch was at Forty Acres Road, Canterbury and was a three bedroom (just about) but with plenty of room downstairs. Good sized lounge, downstairs bathroom, and a nice kitchen that was open to a big conservatory...

Boo, house rubbishness

Both the houses we were interested in (even if we could barely afford them) this modern one near Canterbury West, and Black Griffin Lane are both sold! Subject to contract anyway. I thought the housing market meant to be slow at the moment?...

Two completely different properties this week

Saw two houses yesterday in Canterbury, wildly different, and they highlight the fact that we want somewhere exactly in between, which is something that does not exist, at least within our budget...First house was in Vernon Place, and though we're id...

House-hunting trip to Canterbury #3

Just setting up a space for the map here, preloaded it with some images of one place we're going to see: Map loading here, where I went with my GPS on 26/01/2008, the last 1000 locations anyway... var map; $( function () { if ( GBrowserIsCompatibl...

You wait ages for a John Lewis Bergerac table

And then two come along at once. This one looks like a genuine sale, be lovely to think it stayed near it's opening price of fifty quid and didn't sail up to the thousand pound mark, but unlikely. As a bonus there you get to have a nose around that p...

That one's a bit small so we've not been to see it

We did go see a three bed place right across the road from there that was nice, but also a bit small really. That's right on a really busy road and there's no other access to it, so that put me off... Whitstable Road is a nice area though....

Who says the housing market is dead?

Clare reports that that house we really liked in Black Griffin Lane is under offer already. It's only been on the market a week. Looks like we're going to miss that one then....

Second house-hunting trip around Canterbury

Saw five houses today in Canterbury, have a map with details of the things we saw. Clare's out tonight with Jenny, so it's a prime opportunity for me to do some fiddling about with maps and things, so sorry if it breaks. Not that you'll be on the com...

Yeah, want to go halves?

This is the only house we went to see inside:

thought it might be a bit rude to take pictures inside on the first viewing though...

Today's walk around Canterbury

OK, not all walking, we got the bus to Canterbury, and the GPS kept the signal all the way as you can see... if you zoom in on Canterbury itself (which I'll try and do automatically I think) you can see where we walked. got some pictures to upload to...

Do you really think DeHaan has made any money on this yet?

He's spent money but is unlikely to have anything other than humungous losses so far I'd have thought.Are you a homeowner in the area? I am, I'm hoping to make some money, damn this property slump, roll on the high speed rail link and the hordes of l...

Been quiet for a few days

No I've not been out on the larry-large every day over christmas, been a bit under the weather actually, though that's not what's kept me off the computer. When I'm not at work and Clare's home too I never get to sit in front of the computer, she's p...

And a Folkestone property update

The basement flat next door (but still in my block) sold over the summer for only �110,000, that's a lot less than I hope this one's worth. It is only a one bedder, and in the basement, and the whole thing has been gutted by the new purchaser, so we'...

Rotunda / seafront masterplan starting to move ahead

Billionaire Roger De Haan has revealed he is in negotiation with a number of companies which will become partners in the venture to realise his popular Masterplan vision.The former Saga boss will redevelop the redundant site to provide benefits inclu...